Have to say that so far amongst friends, the trend seems to be towards Inception.
But there have been some interesting ones, including 12 Monkeys, Shaft in America, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas..
I'm sure you can think of better.. 'Have at it'
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If you could see any movie made into a video game
Started by WorldGamingExecutives, May 19 2011 01:52 AM
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Posted 19 May 2011 - 02:52 AM
i nkow of 1,
Tron Evolution
Good Movie
the Game has the same stuff as the Movie (dont have it but that is from what ive seen of it) and it has MultiPLayer to
Tron Evolution
Good Movie
the Game has the same stuff as the Movie (dont have it but that is from what ive seen of it) and it has MultiPLayer to
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Posted 19 May 2011 - 02:05 PM
depends, are you the guys trying to get there weapons or are you the guy that messed with that container ?
if the later, it could be fun.
former, ouch
if the later, it could be fun.
former, ouch
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 11:52 AM
Honestly, I'm not often pleased with games made out of existing film franchises.
A movie is relatively short and contains a very definite, defined plot. There aren't a whole lot of places for the game version to go then-- it's often either very on rails and predictable (being exactly like the movie, just with me pulling the trigger rather than watching someone do it), or it starts undoing the movie's plot via retrocons or flat out inconsistencies. A TV show has more space for a game to fit in because they are much longer, so there are more tantalizing story threads to follow without shredding the canon.
That's not to say that they can't be balanced, but just that it's very hard to do. For example, I liked the second Matrix movie well enough, but I did not like Enter the Matrix. It focused on characters who were mostly irrelevant to the films, reduced others to gimmicky caricatures (Persephone will give stuff to anyone as long as they kiss her? So much for her deeper characterization in the movie), and set up events which I knew for a fact could not have any impact on the story, because things worked out in the movies without any of the game's characters actions being involved, even indirectly.
The setting of the Matrix movies would be a very interesting place to play a video game, I think. But it would have to take place before the films, since the movie plots were already dense and messy by the end-- and this is especially true because you don't get to play as (or even interact with) Neo.
Movies can be interesting and good, and sometimes have interesting premises that would be fun to explore in a video game medium. But a game version of a movie seems a lot less fun to me in general.
That being said, there are a lot of concepts in movies that might be fun. If you could come up with a good game mechanic, Memento's premise could make for a fun and interesting game.
A movie is relatively short and contains a very definite, defined plot. There aren't a whole lot of places for the game version to go then-- it's often either very on rails and predictable (being exactly like the movie, just with me pulling the trigger rather than watching someone do it), or it starts undoing the movie's plot via retrocons or flat out inconsistencies. A TV show has more space for a game to fit in because they are much longer, so there are more tantalizing story threads to follow without shredding the canon.
That's not to say that they can't be balanced, but just that it's very hard to do. For example, I liked the second Matrix movie well enough, but I did not like Enter the Matrix. It focused on characters who were mostly irrelevant to the films, reduced others to gimmicky caricatures (Persephone will give stuff to anyone as long as they kiss her? So much for her deeper characterization in the movie), and set up events which I knew for a fact could not have any impact on the story, because things worked out in the movies without any of the game's characters actions being involved, even indirectly.
The setting of the Matrix movies would be a very interesting place to play a video game, I think. But it would have to take place before the films, since the movie plots were already dense and messy by the end-- and this is especially true because you don't get to play as (or even interact with) Neo.
Movies can be interesting and good, and sometimes have interesting premises that would be fun to explore in a video game medium. But a game version of a movie seems a lot less fun to me in general.
That being said, there are a lot of concepts in movies that might be fun. If you could come up with a good game mechanic, Memento's premise could make for a fun and interesting game.
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 12:47 PM
I love games.
I love star trek... but I don't like any of the star trek games.
so... a good star trek game would be nice
Finding a copy is probably pretty hard now, but try and hunt up Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity. Probably the best Star Trek licensed game I've played.
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 03:25 PM
The Book of Eli...Spoiler
I'd like to see Bioshock the movie get released.
id Love to see a Crysis Movie, but so far there is no date as to when it will be published.
and Hopefully it is at least as good as the games it depicts.
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 04:10 PM
Run Lola Run (or Groundhog's Day) - Majora's Mask showed that a game structured around optimizing your route through a repeating scripted sequence can be fascinating. No other game that I know of does this, so why not?
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 04:13 PM
Run Lola Run (or Groundhog's Day) - Majora's Mask showed that a game structured around optimizing your route through a repeating scripted sequence can be fascinating. No other game that I know of does this, so why not?
You actually liked Majora's Mask? Hmmmm first person I've ever met that actually liked that one.
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Posted 20 May 2011 - 05:11 PM
Run Lola Run (or Groundhog's Day) - Majora's Mask showed that a game structured around optimizing your route through a repeating scripted sequence can be fascinating. No other game that I know of does this, so why not?
You actually liked Majora's Mask? Hmmmm first person I've ever met that actually liked that one.
That's a little sad: I personally think it's a superior game to Ocarina of Time, but definitely a quirkier taste. It has a mood unlike any other Zelda in the series (dark, mystical and sad), very intelligent multi-dimensional puzzles (particularly regarding the ones in Clock Town) , and a sense of urgency that keeps you always moving forward. A really amazing and under-appreciated game, in my opinion it's the second best in the series (just behind A Link to the Past).
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